This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to plan and administer a Microsoft SharePoint 2016 environment. The course teaches you how to deploy, administer, and troubleshoot your SharePoint environment. This course also provides guidelines, best practices, and considerations that help you optimize your SharePoint deployment.​This is the first in a sequence of two courses for IT professionals and is aligned with the SharePoint 2016 IT Pro certification.

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Target AudienceThe course is targeted at experienced IT professionals who are interested in learning how to install, configure, deploy, and manage SharePoint 2016 installations either in a data center or in the cloud.Students typically have more than one year of hands-on experience* with planning and maintaining SharePoint and two years’ experience with other core technologies on which SharePoint depends, including Windows Server 2012 R2 or later, Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft SQL Server 2014 or later, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), and networking infrastructure services.

The minimally qualified candidate typically:

Is an IT professional who plans, implements, and maintains a multi-server deployment of SharePoint 2016.

Has a working knowledge of, and preferably hands-on experience, with SharePoint Online.

Has broad familiarity with SharePoint workloads.

Has experience with business continuity management, including data backup, restoration, and high availability.

Has experience with authentication and security technologies.

Has experience with Windows PowerShell.

* The hands-on experience or job experience should be from a solutions-based role where the candidate has worked on multiple solutions in the SharePoint space that includes document management, content management, and search.

Pre-Requisites Before attending this course, students must have knowledge of:

Deploying and managing applications natively, virtually, and in the cloud.

Administering IIS.

Configuring AD DS for use in authentication, authorization, and as a user store.

Managing an application remotely by using Windows PowerShell 4.0.

Managing databases and server roles in SQL Server.

Connecting applications to SQL Server.

Implementing claims-based security.

Using Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines.

An ideal candidate for this course must have at least one year of experience with deploying and administering multiple SharePoint 2013 farms across a large enterprise. Because many customers have not upgraded from SharePoint 2010, a candidate can also have at least two years of experience with SharePoint 2010. However, they also must understand the differences between SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013, particularly in terms of hybridization.This is the first in a sequence of two courses for IT Professionals and is aligned with the SharePoint Server 2016 IT Pro certification.

ObjectivesAfter completing this course, students will be able to:

Describe the key features of SharePoint 2016.

Design an information architecture for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.

Design a logical architecture for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.

Design the physical architecture for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.

Install and configure SharePoint 2016.

Create and configure web applications and site collections.

Plan and configure service applications for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.

Manage users and permissions, and secure content in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.

Configure authentication in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.

Configure platform and farm-level security in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.

Manage information taxonomy in SharePoint web applications and site collections.

Module 1: Introducing SharePoint 2016This module describes the structure and capabilities of a SharePoint environment, and the major changes for IT professionals in SharePoint 2016. This module also describes the options available for deploying SharePoint 2016.Lessons

Key components of a SharePoint deployment

New features in SharePoint 2016

SharePoint 2016 deployment options

Module 2: Designing an information architectureThis module describes how to gather business requirements, and the key elements of a successful information architecture project. This module also explains how to structure information within a SharePoint 2016 deployment and make it easy to find and retrieve.Lessons

Identifying business requirements

Understanding business requirements

Organizing information in SharePoint 2016

Planning for discoverability

Module 3: Designing a logical architectureThis module explains how to approach a logical architecture design and how to document it.Lessons

Overview of the SharePoint 2016 logical architecture

Documenting your logical architecture

Module 4: Designing a physical architectureThis module describes the physical design requirements for SharePoint 2016, and the physical components necessary to fulfill the physical architecture design. It also explains the SharePoint farm topologies, and describes how to map a logical architecture design to a physical architecture design.Lessons

Designing physical components for SharePoint deployments

Designing supporting components for SharePoint deployments

SharePoint farm topologies

Mapping a logical architecture design to a physical architecture design

Module 5: Installing and configuring SharePoint 2016This module explains how to install SharePoint 2016 in different topologies, script the installation, and configure a SharePoint 2016 environment. This module also explains how to configure the core farm-level settings in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.Lessons

Installing SharePoint 2016

Scripting installation and configuration of SharePoint

Configuring SharePoint 2016 farm settings

Module 6: Creating web applications and site collectionsThis module explains how to create web applications in SharePoint 2016 and how to configure these applications. It also explains how to create and configure site collections in SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint Online.Lessons

Creating web applications

Configuring web applications

Creating and configuring site collections

Module 7: Planning and configuring service applicationsThis module describes the service application architecture in SharePoint 2016, and how to provision and manage service applications.Lessons

Introduction to the service application architecture

Creating and configuring service applications

Module 8: Managing users and permissions, and securing contentThis module explains how to configure authorization in SharePoint 2016. It also explains how to configure site collection security in SharePoint 2016.Lessons

Configuring authorization in SharePoint 2016

Managing access to content

Module 9: Configuring authentication for SharePoint 2016This module explains about the SharePoint 2016 authentication infrastructure, and how to configure claims, providers, and identity federation for SharePoint 2016. It also explains how to configure server-to-server authentication for SharePoint 2016.Lessons

Overview of authentication

Configuring federated authentication

Configuring server-to-server authentication

Module 10: Securing a SharePoint 2016 deploymentThis module explains how to secure a SharePoint 2016 deployment at the platform level, and how to configure farm-level security settings for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.Lessons

Securing the platform

Configuring farm-level security

Module 11: Managing taxonomyThis module explains how to create and manage content types and content-type propagation. Additionally, it explains how to implement managed metadata in SharePoint web applications and site collections. It also explains how to configure the managed metadata service application in SharePoint 2016.Lessons

Managing content types

Understanding managed metadata

Configuring the managed metadata service

Module 12: Configuring user profilesThis module explains how to configure the User Profile service application, and how to manage user profiles and audiences.Lessons

Configuring the User Profile Service Application

Managing user profiles and audiences

Module 13: Configuring Enterprise SearchThis module describes the Search Service Application and explains how to configure the Search service in SharePoint 2016. It also explains how to manage the search experience in SharePoint 2016.Lessons

Understanding the Search Service Application architecture

Configuring Enterprise Search

Managing Enterprise Search

Module 14: Monitoring and maintaining a SharePoint 2016 environmentThis module explains how to implement a monitoring plan for SharePoint 2016, and how to optimize the performance of a SharePoint 2016 deployment. It also explains how to plan for and configure SharePoint caching. Further, it explains how to identify and resolve problems in a SharePoint 2016 environment.Lessons